Here's a short video giving an account of the Great Rewiring, from an Australian perspective. The same thing happened there at the same time as in the USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand...

The 4 dark laws of online engagement:

1. Negativity bias drives headline clicks
2. Extreme opinions drive in-group sharing
3. Out-group animosity drives engagement
4. 'Moral-emotional' language goes viral

I discuss our research on the dark side of virality with Derek Thompson…

Some researchers claim that the youth mental health crisis is not real, it's just a moral panic; it's just that diagnostic criteria have changed, and stigma has reduced.

Zach Rausch shows that this is wrong. It is real and international:

afterbabel.com/p/the-girls-ar…

Another sign of the tipping point: Gen Z is rising up against phone-based life too. See this great essay by college student Nick H. Penniman, noting that Gen Z has been quiet so far about reform efforts, but is now finding its voice:

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Here's a short interview on FOX & friends where I lay out how different things can be in one year, if we act together this year:

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I love Greg Lukianoff, who first figured out what was driving Gen Z into depression and disempowerment. I look forward to working with him & free speech advocates to figure out methods of age-gating that are consistent with 1st Amendment. (I proposed one on ch 10 of Anxious Gen)

Thank you, Rep. Gallagher Press Office, for hosting this discussion with legislators about how Congress can help to roll back the phone based childhood. And thank you for your work on the unique national security threat of TikTok.

The UK is now 2 months into its tipping point. In the US it is just beginning. Change is possible when parents, teachers, and schools act together. Legislators can help a lot. Thanks Miriam Cates

Want to be a better communicator? Listen to this great discussion between Charles Duhigg and Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵🛵. Be sure you're having the same kind of conversation as your partner.
I'll be assigning this in my Flourishing class at NYU

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I feel as if therapy culture is now convincing us that any kind of dependency on or deep connection with someone is a pathology, and to punish ourselves for wanting it. But you're not broken for wanting something meaningful.

My latest for GIRLS:
freyaindia.co.uk/p/maybe-youre-…

Let's end Maximum Security Recess!

Forward this post by Peter Gray to the head of your child's school (unless the school already has a lot of regular free-play recess)

petergray.substack.com/p/37-how-schoo…

A great event American Enterprise Institute tonight, starting at 5pm ET: Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt) in conversation with Christine Rosen about the ramifications of social media and our phone-based lives. Register here to attend in person or to watch online.
aei.org/events/the-ame…

Parents of kids in elementary or middle school: Please send this post to the head of the school, along with your request to give more recess with fewer absurd anti-play rules. From my Let Grow cofounder Peter Gray.

petergray.substack.com/p/37-how-schoo…

A pledge of $5M from the Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation will enable us to expand our membership, research & policy projects and deepen our impact. Our research center will be renamed to The Mike and Sofia Segal Center for Academic Pluralism.

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Change is coming to higher education. Let’s shape it together in Chicago at #HxA2024 this June!

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